The infamous Riddick has been left for dead on a sun-scorched planet
that appears to be lifeless. Soon, however, he finds himself fighting
for survival against alien predators more lethal than any human he’s
encountered. The only way off is for Riddick to activate an emergency
beacon and alert mercenaries who rapidly descend to the planet in search
of their bounty. The first ship to arrive carries a new breed of
merc, more lethal and violent, while the second is captained by a man
whose pursuit of Riddick is more personal. With time running out and a
storm on the horizon that no one could survive, his hunters won’t leave
the planet without Riddick’s head as their trophy.
Showing posts with label MOVIE101. Show all posts
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
Up and coming movies, 2013
something yummy... Riddick!! Yes you read right!
Storyline courtesy of Movie Insider:
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Up and coming movies 2014, bound to surprise you!
So I've been wondering what does 2014 hold for the big screen so I did a little checking... I was impressed, especially for one particular movie... Godzilla.
I can't help but hope it's a sequel to the first Godzilla, I grew up watching that, according to Movie Insider the storyline is about The monster being awakened by an undersea explosion and wreaks havoc on the citizens of Tokyo.
Doesn't sound to Wow.... But who knows
Cast includes some familiar actors, not big names, but we know them...
I can't help but hope it's a sequel to the first Godzilla, I grew up watching that, according to Movie Insider the storyline is about The monster being awakened by an undersea explosion and wreaks havoc on the citizens of Tokyo.
Doesn't sound to Wow.... But who knows
Cast includes some familiar actors, not big names, but we know them...
Kick-Ass lead Aaron Johnson;
Bryan Cranston, (voice)KungFuPanda/Madagascar, appeared in Argo(2013) and Total Recall(2012)
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Spider man
10 Memorable Occasions Spider-Man Acted Like A Nutjob by
Cyriaque Lamar
Spider-Man's probably the most anxiety-prone superhero out there, so it's no surprise he's embarked on some endeavors that left readers questioning his emotional well-being. Here are ten times the hero's adventures (and mental health) flew off the rails in wonderfully weird ways.
10. Spider-Man records an album of Elton Johnesque pop music
If you thought Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark was Spider-Man's musical pinnacle, then you've never heard this Marvel-sanctioned, 1975 rock opera dedicated to the hero.
The album artwork was also a thing of great beauty. Who knew Thor loved jazz? You can listen to most of this album here.
Of course, I still prefer the 1979 German disco track "Spiderman" sung by a fellow who had the retroactive misfortune of being named Peter Griffin.
For an extremely brief period in his history, Spider-Man experimented with his own carthat was gifted to him by an auto company. To the superhero's credit, he was incredibly dubious of this "Spider-Mobile" in the first place. On the other hand, he did have the poor taste to ride it around town.
Several years ago, Marvel Comics attempted to give Spider-Man organic web-shooters like the ones he wielded in Sam Raimi's cinematic trilogy. To do so, the publisher forced him into hippity-dippity, mystical circumstances — too complex to elaborate here — in which he evolved these new, synergistic features. And here you thought this superhero was grounded in that staple of hard science fiction, the radioactive spider bite.
7. Spider-Man murders people in Turkey
In the bootleg Turkish crime drama 3 Dev Adam, Spider-Man is a eyebrow-sporting crime lord who executes his enemies with hungry rats and boat propellers who dukes it out with his arch-nemesis Captain America. You may think it's not canon, but Marvel hasn't issued any statements recently noting otherwise. For another time Spider-Man went bonkers overseas, see the time he killed a WWF wrestler with Superman and Batman in India.
In the bootleg Turkish crime drama 3 Dev Adam, Spider-Man is a eyebrow-sporting crime lord who executes his enemies with hungry rats and boat propellers who dukes it out with his arch-nemesis Captain America. You may think it's not canon, but Marvel hasn't issued any statements recently noting otherwise. For another time Spider-Man went bonkers overseas, see the time he killed a WWF wrestler with Superman and Batman in India.
In 2007's dystopian, Dark Knight Returns-style miniseries Spider-Man: Reign, we learn that Mary Jane has died because Peter's radioactive Spider-sperm gave her cancer. During a certain jaw-dropping juncture of this alternate reality tale, Peter screams at Mary Jane's corpse (which has been disinterred by Doctor Octopus) about how is love gun shot to kill. Why he's never used this superpower against his foes since then is beyond me.
During the 1980s, Marvel Comics superheroes crossed over with characters from Robert E. Howard's Hyborian Age. This resulted in such edifying storylines as Conan the Barbarian moonlighting as a pimp and Spider-Man teaming up with Red Sonja to defeat the warlock Kulan Gath. After trapping the wizard in an amulet, Spidey tosses him off the coast of Staten Island andpromptly forgets about him...
Until a fisherman discovers the necklace and frees Kulan Gath. The wizard transformsalmost everyone in Manhattan into barbarians. Except for Spider-Man, of course. Kulan Gath tortures the living crap out of him.
4. Spider-Man meets his god, Stan Lee
In the final episode of the 1990s Spider-Mancartoon, a trans-dimensional militia of Spider-Men must prevent Carnage from ending all reality. After defeating the villain, Spidey is whisked away to our reality, where he learns that he's actually the mental fabrication of an excelsior universal clockmaker, Stan "The Man" Lee. (I'm assuming Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko hung up the phone on this.) Upon communing with his mustachioed godhead, Spider-Man is not distraught over the realization that he's fictional, a corporate icon, or that he could've been named "Greg Gunderson, the Arachnid Ace" if Stan was feeling a twinge more alliterative in 1962. No, his self-esteem is through the roof! Poor guy's in shock.
3. Spider-Man becomes possessed by an evil alien, learns to jazz dance
Many readers consider this sequence the nadir of the Sam Raimi Spider-Man film trilogy. I sort of love the implications of this moment when you spell it out in plain language. That is, "An alien symbiote crash-lands on Earth and uses its malevolent power to cloud Peter Parker's mind. It also imparts a penchant for swing dancing." Did aliens teach humans to swing dance, like some Lindy-Hopping Engineers from Prometheus? That would explain the late 1990s rather easily.
As if having professional comic book writers foist indignity upon indignity upon Peter Parker was bad enough, these fantastic 1981 Spider-Man Mad Libs (courtesy of Mark Anderson) allowed laymen like you and me to blindly dictate the terms of Peter Parker's mopey existence. Look what I just did to Spider-Man's laundry. How deliciously absurd!
1. Spidey Super Stories
This series of comic books was written as a spin-off of the webslinger's appearances onThe Electric Company in the 1970s. Because these tales were written for a younger audience, Spider-Man's adventures were told at an elementary-school reading level, which grammatically streamlined reality in myriad, hilarious ways. For example, see Doctor Doom's plot to take over the world with a magic trumpet, Spider-Man's misadventures with cycling...
This series of comic books was written as a spin-off of the webslinger's appearances onThe Electric Company in the 1970s. Because these tales were written for a younger audience, Spider-Man's adventures were told at an elementary-school reading level, which grammatically streamlined reality in myriad, hilarious ways. For example, see Doctor Doom's plot to take over the world with a magic trumpet, Spider-Man's misadventures with cycling...
For more Spider-Strangeness, see these erotic moments in his storied history, the time the Green Goblin knocked up Peter's girlfriend(among many things), and the following ten public service announcements, the most notable of which revealed that Spider-Man was inappropriately touched by an older boy. And for Spider-Man at his coolest, see the soundtrack to the 1960s cartoon show.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Movie News
RENESMEE MAKES HER DEBUT IN THESE NEW TWILIGHT BREAKING DAWNIMAGES
- The Happy FamilyWe hadn't been seeing much from The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2, the final installment of Stephenie Meyer's book turned movie franchise, until now. But boy, do we have a lot to show you now. MovieLine collected a slew of pictures from the upcoming issue of Entertainment Weekly that show Bella and Edward's child Renesmee, the vampire clans that come to witness her unusual progression, and Bella having fun with her own newfound powers by challenging Emmett to an arm wrestling match.
- Jacob and RenesmeeTaylor Lautner's Jacob and 11-year-old Mackenzie Foy's Renesmee have an awkward chat about imprinting.
- Does She Need Protection?I wonder if Renesmee is going to be this age at the beginning of the film or if they have a younger actress to show how quickly she grows.
- The Happy (?) FamilyYou can come up with your own captions for this awkward family photo.
- Fashionable Bella and RenesmeeInteresting how Bella starts wearing makeup and dressing like a fashionista after she's turned. Even when she's camping.
- Eleazar and CarmenTwo members of the Denali Coven we saw in Breaking Dawn Part 1.
- Senna and ZafrinaThe Amazon Coven (minus Kachiri) examining Renesmee. I'm super interested to see how much we actually get of all the covens and their power sets. I'm guessing a lot since there's not much story left to tell.
- Kate and TanyaAlso of the Denali Coven.
- Jane and AlecThose troublemakers.
- Emmett and BellaPossibly my most anticipated scene in the entire film. Bella exploring her new strengths.Breaking Dawn Part 2 hits theaters November 16.
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Monday, June 18, 2012
MOVIE 101
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In the epic action-adventure Snow White and the Huntsman, Kristen Stewart plays the only person in the land fairer than the evil queen (Charlize Theron) out to destroy her. But what the wicked ruler never imagined is that the young woman threatening her reign has been training in the art of war with a huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) dispatched to kill her. Sam Claflin joins the cast as the prince long enchanted by Snow White's beauty and power. -- (C) Universal Pictures
PG-13, 2 hr. 7 min.
Jun 1, 2012 Wide
$98.5M
Universal Pictures
Well personally I really want to watch it, its not every day a childhood fairy tale is taken into a new dimension. Fairy tales for adults. Good choice on the hunter I'd say Chris H (HOTT) totally gives of that 'danger followers me' vibe. But Kristen Stewert (The twilight chick)?... really... well maybe it will work out awesome but I'll be keeping my eyes open to see if Rob P pops up haha just kidding... but stranger things have happened...
"While it offers an appropriately dark take on the fairy tale that inspired it, Snow White and the Huntsman is undone by uneven acting, problematic pacing, and a confused script". -Rotten Tomato Critics
To see what Snow White and the Huntsman scared on the Tomatometer
Sunday, June 17, 2012
MOVIE 101
Tomatometer Watch: Brave
Pixar's 13th animated feature.
by RT Staff
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Brave
64%
Enter the world of Brave and the tale of Merida, a Scottish princess who searches for freedom from cloistered royal life but inadvertently unleashes a curse across the kingdom.
Every new Pixar film endures enormous pre-hype and post-dissection, but Brave (Pixar's 13th) adds a few more talking points for good measure. First, Brave is a fairy tale, a studio first. Second, the movie has had its share of development drama, namely the replacement of Brenda Chapman (also Pixar's first female director) with Mark Andrews. For those keeping score, the same happened with Ratatouille (that's a 96% movie, best-reviewed of 2007) and Cars 2 (38%, not quite enough for 2011's top spot). And speaking of which, the third point: Cars 2 was Pixar's first rotten movie, breaking an unprecedented 17-year Certified Fresh streak.
So what are the critics soothsaying for Brave's future? Can Merida's aim be true enough to lead Pixar to glory?
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